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Indian National Science Academy
Established	7 January 1935; 90 years ago
Founder	Lewis Leigh Fermor
Location	New Delhi, India;
Coordinates	28°37′43.8″N 77°14′26.7″E / 28.628833°N 77.240750°E
President	Ashutosh Sharma
Website	www.insaindia.res.in

The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology.^[1]

In 2015 INSA has constituted a junior wing for young scientists in the country named Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) in line with other national young academies. INYAS is the academy for young scientists in India as a national young academy and is affiliated with Global Young Academy. INYAS is also a signatory of the declaration on the Core Values of Young Academies, adopted at World Science Forum, Budapest on 20 November 2019.^[2] Prof Ashutosh Sharma is the serving president (2023-present).

History

The Genesis:^[3] Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi is an autonomous institution of Dept. Science & Technology, Govt. of India. However, the origins of INSA can be traced back to the founding of National Institute of Sciences in India (NISI) in the year 1935 in Calcutta (now Kolkata). The basic objective was and continues to be to promote, nurture and safeguard the interests of sciences and scientists. The NISI was recognized by the Government of India, as a Premier National Scientific Society. NISI moved to its present premises in Delhi in 1951. A Government of India's decision in 1968 mandated INSA to represent India in all the international science fora. In 1970, NISI was given a new name- Indian National Science Academy (INSA). Its campus at the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg came into being during 1951 with a major expansion during late 80's-mid 90's. Today the main INSA-building stands out at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg as seven-storied, beautifully shaped Golden Jubilee Building, completed in 1996.

Overview

The Academy consists of Foundation fellows, Fellows (FNA) and Foreign Fellows. Election to the Academy is only by nomination.^[4] The objectives of the academy encompass promotion of science in India including its application to national welfare, safeguarding the interests of the scientists, establishing linkages with international bodies to foster collaboration and expressing considered opinion on national issues.^{[citation needed]}

It plays a role in promoting, recognising and rewarding excellence in scientific research. With a view to promoting the pursuit of excellence in the field of 'Science and Technology', the academy has instituted 59 awards, placed in 4 categories, viz International Awards, General Medal & Lecture Awards, Subjectwise Medals/Lectures and Awards for Young Scientists. It also publishes journals, organises scientific discussions and brings out proceedings and monographs.^{[citation needed]}

It is a signatory to the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities in 2004.^[5]

Presidents

The list of presidents of the society.^[6]

Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Raghavendra Gadagkar

Ajay K. Sood

Chandrima Shaha

President	From	To
Lewis Leigh Fermor	1935	1936
Meghnad Saha	1937	1938
Ram Nath Chopra	1939	1940
Baini Prashad	1941	1942
Jnan Chandra Ghosh	1943	1944
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia	1945	1946
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar	1947	1948
Satyendra Nath Bose	1949	1950
Sunder Lal Hora	1951	1952
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan	1953	1954
Amulya Chandra Ukil	1955	1956
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis	1957	1958
Sisir Kumar Mitra	1959	1960
Ajudhiya Nath Khosla	1961	1962
Homi Jehangir Bhabha	1963	1964
Vasant Ramji Khanolkar	1965	1966
Thiruvengadam Rajendram Seshadri	1967	1968
Atma Ram	1969	1970
Bagepalli Ramachandrachar Seshachar	1971	1972
Daulat Singh Kothari	1973	1974
Benjamin Peary Pal	1975	1976
Raja Ramanna	1977	1978
Vulimiri Ramalingaswami	1979	1980
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon	1981	1982
Arun Kumar Sharma	1983	1984
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao	1985	1986
Autar Singh Paintal	1987	1988
Man Mohan Sharma	1989	1990
Prakash Narain Tandon	1991	1992
Shri Krishna Joshi	1993	1995
Srinivasan Varadarajan	1996	1998
Goverdhan Mehta	1999	2001
Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan	2002	2004
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar	2005	2007
Mamannamana Vijayan	2008	2010
Krishan Lal	2011	2013
Raghavendra Gadagkar	2014	2016
Ajay K. Sood	2017	2019
Chandrima Shaha	2020	2022
Ashutosh Sharma	2023	2025

Publications

The academy publishes three peer-reviewed journals

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (formerly Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India)
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Indian Journal of History of Science

It also publishers a year book, annual reports, INSA News, biographical memoirs, special publications and the proceedings of INSA seminars and symposia.

References

^ "Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi". Department of Science and Technology, India. 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Launch of the Declaration on the Core Values of Young Academies". World Science Forum. World Science Forum. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ Brochure of INSA-2020
^ "About INSA". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Signatories". openaccess.mpg.de. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
^ "Past Presidents". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.